Gertrude Jekyll VMH (/ ˈ dʒ iː k əl / JEE-kəl; 29 November 1843 – 8 December 1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. [1]

Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) created or gave advice on more than 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America; her influence on garden design has been pervasive to this day. She spent most of her life in Surrey, England, latterly at Munstead Wood, near Godalming.

Nov 29, 2018 · Gertrude Jekyll (pronounced jee-kill) was perhaps the most influential Arts & Crafts garden designer of the early 20th century. Having designed around 400 gardens in the UK, Europe and America, Jekyll’s planting schemes, harmonious colour palettes and use of traditional crafts remain the quintessential essence of English style.

Jan 20, 2023 · Gertrude Jekyll produced over 400 garden designs, commissioned and executed in England, America, and Europe, many of which are still existing today.

Gertrude Jekyll (born Nov. 29, 1843, London—died Dec. 8, 1932) was an English landscape architect who was the most successful advocate of the natural garden and who brought to the theories of her colleague William Robinson a cultivated sensibility he lacked.

Oct 16, 2024 · Few of us could ever hope to match the output of pioneering plantswoman, gardener and writer, Gertrude Jekyll. Here, we look at her life and career, the plants she used and discover how to get the Jekyll look.

This brief overview of Gertrude Jekyll's life, shows her many interests, talents and achievements. In all her 89 years, her period of greatest creativity and success immediately followed her move into Munstead Wood in Surrey.

Gertrude Jekyll concentrated her design work on applying plants in a variety of settings, woodland gardens, water gardens and herbaceous borders always striving to achieve the most natural effect. She had an artists eye for colour and contrasted plant textures to great effect.

May 12, 2023 · Jekyll learnt the country crafts, mastering thatching, fencing, walling, carpentry and metalworking, and became a designer craftswoman. She made herself proficient in carving, gilding and inlaying; working in silver decorated by embossing.

Jun 27, 2018 · Jekyll, Gertrude (1843–1932). English garden-designer and writer. She is particularly remembered for her books on horticulture (she was profoundly influenced by William Robinson) and for the various gardens she planned with Lutyens (whom she first met in 1889, and was instrumental in introducing the budding architect to his first clients).